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A man died and his two grandchildren have been hospitalized after an early-morning accident on Interstate 65 in Clinton County,
about a half-hour north of Indianapolis. Investigators say Otis Whitelow, 74, drove off the highway and over an embankment
before crashing just after midnight. His granddaughters, 6 and 8, were flown to Riley Hospital for Children and are in stable
condition.

It’s back to class today for nearly 12,000 students in Warren Township. The district is starting class at least a week
before most other schools in central Indiana. Educators say a money shortage is changing the way the district does business.
Warren is moving from a traditional calendar that includes some voluntary year-round schools using what’s known as a
blended schedule. In it, students go nine weeks on and take two weeks off. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.

A 4-year-old is being called a hero thanks to some quick thinking and working smoke detectors. A fire broke out in a home
near English Avenue and Sherman Drive in Indianapolis about 2:45 a.m. Friday. Officials say Tyler Morefield woke up to the
sound of the smoke detector and then ran into his parent’s bedroom to wake them up. All three, plus the family's
three dogs, made it out safely.
 

A 60-year-old woman was asleep in her bed at her home Friday morning in the 3700 block of Manor Court in Indianapolis when
three men climbed in through a window and pointed a gun in her face. They demanded to know where her son was and “where
the money was.” They told her to stay in her bed, loosely tied her hands together and told her to stay quiet while they
ransacked the house. Police said the men stole her TV, videogame console and $40 in cash. Police say the woman was not hurt.
They are interviewing her son.
 

Police have arrested the mother of a 3-year-old girl who died of a gunshot wound to the head in her Indianapolis home Thursday
afternoon. Fiona Lee, 26, faces charges of neglect of a dependent, possession of cocaine and possession of marijuana. Police
identified the girl as Aunesti Lee Allen. There were three other children—a girl and two boys—in the North Sheffield
Avenue house when Aunesti was killed. Police aren’t sure how the girl was shot, but believe it was by somebody in the
house. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.